Mint Street: why has Southwark closed another road?

I'm just wondering why Southwark council has closed Mint Street at the junction with Weller Street. Very much like the closure of Lant Street just another example of pointless bureaucrats closing vital roads.

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They closed it off for traffic, not for pedestrians. I cross this road every day with my children and I would say that 90% of traffic was generated by people trying to avoid the traffic lights at Marshallsea road. Given that a lot of children are playing in the park and Charles Dickens school is down the road it certainly does make sense to close off the street.

I think it's all about getting a Balance right between drivers and pedestrians. We all want safety for our kids who play in Mint Street park but, busy parents still need to be able to drive their families in Southwark.

The closure of Mint Street has come about as a result of local residents, particularly those living on Mint Street, and there are many, petitioning the local council for its closure. Steadily, the volume of traffic using Mint Street had increased,turning it into a very busy rat run, used by those trying to avoid the traffic lights at the junction of Marshalsea Road and Southwark Bridge Road. The noise was also becoming a huge problem,day and night, with cars, vans and mororcycles beeping their horns and revving their engines, not to mention the amount of pedestrians who nearly got knocked down trying to cross the road, and yes there were many. All very well and good if you dont live on the street and just passing through but not for us residents who had to endure the problems that this traffic caused. We will be petitioning for permanent closure.